Almost a Month Later, Blue Jays Pick Up Win over Spartans

Oct 02, 2008

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA-It took almost a month but
the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays finally knocked off the York
College Spartan field hockey squad 4-1 on Thursday afternoon in
Elizabethtown, PA. The two teams began the game on Saturday, Sept.
6 but tropical storm Hanna prevented them from finishing the
contest. The Spartans traveled to Elizabethtown a second time to
conclude the final 14:52 of the game.
In the original portion of the game, the Blue Jays wasted little
time in getting on the board in the first as Katy Boone scored on
an Andrea Miles assist just 2:24 into the game. The hosts increased
their lead to 2-0 just under 12 minutes later as Liz DeMatteis
scored the first of her two goals in the game. DeMatteis made the
score 3-0 with 8:01 remaining in the first half.
After the intermission, the Blue Jays pushed the lead to 4-0 when
Megan Angstadt took a DeMatteis pass and put it home for the goal
4:50 into the second stanza.
When the two teams resumed the game on Thursday, the Spartans got
on the board in the 57th minute of play and just 1:04 into the
restart of the game as Megan Spangler (Myerstown,
Pa./Eastern Lebanon County) scored off a pass from
Casey Knauss (St. Michael’s, Md./Easton) on
a penalty corner.
The Spartans managed two shots in the final minutes of action but
it was not enough to overcome the Blue Jays’ early
advantage.
The Blue Jays finished the game with a 20-3 edge in shots while
the hosts also had a 14-2 bulge in penalty corners.
Spartan goalie Claire Rekitzke (Seaford, Del./Seaford
Senior) was again busy in goal as she recorded 10 saves in
70 minutes of action. Blue Jay goalie Liz Hannegan faced just three
shots and made one save.
The Spartans return to action on Saturday afternoon as they host
St. Mary’s College in a Capital Athletic Conference contest.
Game time at Kinsley Field is set for 1:00 pm.